Pros and Cons of Overclocking a Dreamcast?

[itsmattxp]

I am trying to get the full potential out of my dreamcast and was wondering what overclock it would do. I read very little about it, basically the site's article and a couple of posts that I could find but not much that was concrete. Does it just make your Dreamcast run things faster? I think I read that it messes up with the clock quite a bit but I am not sure if I should believe that or not. Any information would be helpful since if it is beneficial enough, I might dive into this endeavor or get someone to do it for me. Thanks!

[Frag Mortuus]

I dont really think it would help much. The games run fine as is. I dont see how OCing it would make it any better.

[Original_Name]

I dont really think it would help much. The games run fine as is. I dont see how OCing it would make it any better.

It might boost DreamSNES up to 100%, though.

[Krooner]

It won't, it will however guarantee you have to buy another Dreamcast sooner rather than later though.

[Ziggy]

Wasn't the point to be able to watch videos on it? I remember something about Divx videos running on a Dreamcast. If it wasn't Divx, it was something else, but I remember reading that you have to overclock the Dreamcast to be able to play them correctly.

If all you wanna do is play DC games, I wouldn't even bother with it. It'll just wear out your Dreamcast sooner, like Krooner said. If it doesn't even help emulation, then what's the point?

[CRTGAMER]

This is your Dreamcast:

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This is your over-clocked Dreamcast:

[samsonlonghair]

As someone who grew up watching that stupid "your brain on drugs" public service announcement, I got a little chuckle out of that. Nice one.